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Security Guards Block Access to Polling Station inside a Gated Community in...
A polling location was moved into a facility in a private community, and security guards demanded IDs from voters who turned up to cast their ballots.
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Long Lines Test Voter Patience Across the Nation
by Ian MacDougall and Ariana Tobin Voters reported waits of an hour and longer on Election Day in areas ranging from the Gulf coasts of Texas and Florida to parts of Missouri and South Carolina, up to...
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Nothing Can Be Done About Pastor’s Sign Near Florida Polling Place,...
The Pasco County Supervisor of Elections Office received dozens of complaints about a sign erected by a church’s pastor at a polling site that reads “Don’t vote for Democrats on Tuesday and sing ‘Oh...
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Despite Conflicting Messages, Cellphones Are Allowed in Nebraska Poll Booths
Voters in Nebraska are allowed to use cellphones inside polling booths, reported the Omaha World-Herald after a voter alerted Electionland that a poll worker told her she could not vote if she was...
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Breakdown in New York City
by Erica Anderson, NY City News Service, Jenny Ye, Quartz, Spenser Mestel for ProPublica, and Ally J. Levine and Sisi Wei, ProPublica
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The Ballots of Madison County
Scanners in Madison County, Alabama, are having trouble reading ballots punched through “too hard” by voters and swollen by moisture, which could mean a hand count later. Neither issue is new to the...
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Glitch in Ohio County Incorrectly Marks Voters as Having Already Cast a Ballot
A computer glitch in Geauga County, Ohio, caused the voter registration check-in systems to incorrectly mark some voters as having already voted by absentee ballot. The county’s election director said...
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Chicago Election Officials Will Ask to Extend Poll Hours After Late Openings
Several Chicago poll sites didn’t open on time, so election officials are asking a judge to keep them open later. Also, some voters reported not receiving the second page of their ballots.
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Houston Poll Worker Hurls Racist Remarks, Faces Criminal Charge
A poll worker in Houston, Texas, was relieved of her duties and escorted from the polling location after hurling racist comments and bumping into a voter. She now faces a criminal assault charge.
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Georgia Voters Face Hourslong Waits as State Scrambles to Accommodate Turnout
by Jessica Huseman, Isaac Arnsdorf, and Jeremy B. Merrill Poll workers in Georgia appear to have been unprepared for the waves of voters who turned out on Tuesday. Officials were scrambling to bring...
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Georgia Polling Location to Stay Open Later After Machine Issues
The Annistown Elementary School precinct near Snellville, Georgia, will remain open until 7:25 p.m. after opening late and experiencing issues with its voting machines.
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Poll Worker in Missouri Asks If Voter Is a Member of the “Caravan”
After a voter supplied his passport as identification in Missouri, a poll worker asked, “Are you a member of the caravan?” The voter told HuffPost the exchange was bizarre. “I have an American...
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Judge Orders Polling Locations in Texas County Remain Open
A state district judge ordered Harris County to operate nine polling locations until 8 p.m., an hour after they were scheduled to close. The polling sites experienced issues with technology or were...
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Voters Get Texts With Incorrect Election Information
Text messages received by a slew of voters — from organizations like Vote.org, EveryTown for Gun Safety and TurboVote — reportedly included incomplete or incorrect information on where and when to vote.
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These Voters Had to Wait for Hours: “It Felt Like a Type of Disenfranchisement”
by Isaac Arnsdorf Melanie Taylor arrived at her polling place in a Charleston, South Carolina, church at 7:30 a.m., only to find more than 100 people in line ahead of her. Some of them had already...
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What Went Wrong at New York City Polling Places? It Was Something in the Air....
by Ian MacDougall The post-mortem on what went wrong at polling places across New York City on Election Day won’t be done for days, if not weeks. Across the city — from Brooklyn to Manhattan to the...
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Missouri Changed Voter ID Requirements, Citing Confusion. Yet on Election...
by Sam Levine, HuffPost, Jessica Huseman, ProPublica, and Samantha Storey, HuffPost Voters in Missouri faced confused poll workers as they went to vote on Tuesday, with many reporting they were turned...
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Florida Election Brings High Turnout, Some Voting Snags
Turnout strained election locations across the state but did not appear to overwhelm them. Voters experienced a smattering of problems throughout the state, including issues with voting machines and...
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Aging Machines, Crowds, Humidity: Problems at the Polls Were Mundane but...
by Ian MacDougall, Jessica Huseman, and Isaac Arnsdorf If the defining risk of Election Day 2016 was a foreign meddling, 2018’s seems to have been a domestic overload. High turnout across the country...
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